>>Did you try the APPEND FROM all by itself, with no FOR, to see if that works?
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>The APPEND FROM alone works, so it may be the "workpo.code" or the field is using reserved word (I even also have "date" as a field name, ensuring that we all do that, as the RULE #1 states "Every rule can/must be broken").
Well, at this point, if you still are having trouble, I would move to a SCAN instead, it is often faster, anyway...
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